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or you think it's deeply rooted to religion, but for many years ago? >> that's a very interesting and very difficult question. on the one hand, its circuitry that the thinking of people do with real jews is different from the kinds of thinking they do with the jews they turn others into. so for example, just use the example of the nazis, they were certainly many people judaizers by the logic i described, many non-jews the composers, the mathematicians from the writers, the pages that are mentioned were not put in concentration camps and liquidated. real jews are. so there are differences, but i don't think we can understand the power of the one without the other. you, the reason why the system of thought is so useful is because it has the flexibility to a lot of work in the world. otherwise it would've disappeared long ago. it has the flexibility to characterize any community come in the individual in the world and want a characteristic so for example, in islam already one of the artist islamic things was the shiites are the jews of our community. that
or you think it's deeply rooted to religion, but for many years ago? >> that's a very interesting and very difficult question. on the one hand, its circuitry that the thinking of people do with real jews is different from the kinds of thinking they do with the jews they turn others into. so for example, just use the example of the nazis, they were certainly many people judaizers by the logic i described, many non-jews the composers, the mathematicians from the writers, the pages that are...
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america he argued was founded by religion the finest schools were succeeded because it would shape souls as well as opinions. and as we know great presidents are products of their education, coolidge knew the value of education because his political fallout was shipped at am cursed under the tutelage of the famous professor charles garmin, coolidge learned everything he needed to know about politics. he was called the greatest teacher in the united states and coolidge love jimmy he dedicated six pages of this autobiography and after he died he said garmin works out on his table to drop the presidency along with paradise lost in the bible. he remarked one of the most remarkable men he had ever come in contact and garmin students saw in him qualities they wish to develop and themselves as intellectual curiosity and tolerance and idealism and some students did develop those in abundance into which drew upon these men to draw upon the government the ambassador to mexico mexico, morrow, secretary of commerce whiting and attorney-general and later supreme court justice. never philosophically a
america he argued was founded by religion the finest schools were succeeded because it would shape souls as well as opinions. and as we know great presidents are products of their education, coolidge knew the value of education because his political fallout was shipped at am cursed under the tutelage of the famous professor charles garmin, coolidge learned everything he needed to know about politics. he was called the greatest teacher in the united states and coolidge love jimmy he dedicated...
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it was under already, and now they found religion and cut all programs that affect people that didn't cause the downturn or didn't cause the ballooning of the debt so they find religion when it doesn't affect them. >> guest: the club for growth had a consistent position on this. we are akooked of being uncaring when it comes time to disaster relief, and it's an up fair accusation because we want people to get help that they need, but we think it ought to be paid for and not to put the burden or spread the burden larger. it should be a rainy day fund. there's emergencies every year that the federal government may have. debate whether they should or shouldn't, but the history has been that they are going to help those in need. put the money aside, budget for it, and let's be in a position that we can help those people if that's the decision we've made rather than having to borrow money in the future, you know. pointed out many times, every dollar spent, we borrow 40 cents of the dollar, and so continuing to put ourselves further in debt is creating a disaster for the future for every si
it was under already, and now they found religion and cut all programs that affect people that didn't cause the downturn or didn't cause the ballooning of the debt so they find religion when it doesn't affect them. >> guest: the club for growth had a consistent position on this. we are akooked of being uncaring when it comes time to disaster relief, and it's an up fair accusation because we want people to get help that they need, but we think it ought to be paid for and not to put the...
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we are in favor of the freedom of religion which is something we support. i think the more information you get the more you find out there are -- [inaudible] myths out there about the aclu -- my book is about people not only terrorists not only about them but us. now peter was asking before about the impact of some of these surveillance provisions and so forth. i was talking about how it gives us less privacy under the fourth amendment. it's not just the fourth amendment. it's also, you know, you talk about freedom of religion. that's about the first amendment. and my concern is that we're losing a lot of first amendment rights in term of freedom of speech, association, and of religion. so the freedom of religion if the government went after muslim charities right after 9/11. there were a lot of charities shut don -- down or doing badly. even though there was no evidence doing anything wrong. this that harms the first amendment. a study publish a week ago -- they did a survey of their members, the journalists and writers members of it. and what they found w
we are in favor of the freedom of religion which is something we support. i think the more information you get the more you find out there are -- [inaudible] myths out there about the aclu -- my book is about people not only terrorists not only about them but us. now peter was asking before about the impact of some of these surveillance provisions and so forth. i was talking about how it gives us less privacy under the fourth amendment. it's not just the fourth amendment. it's also, you know,...
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islamic in our short discussion we talk about religion. what do you say to people that think republicans are fundamental christians that are out of touch in society? >> being a graduate student in religious studies i have a lot to say about that in this book and we find the most offensive characterization of republicans or any group of people to call christians or the christian right fanatics or extremists. i think that we go through a lot of statistics about how christian republicans are. on the christians from the left sometimes from the media come sometimes from hollywood, because it almost comes off feeling scared like they are frightened if you talk about intelligent design and which is basically evolution with god, it's almost like why are you taking my science a way? the science estes' there. it's absolutely there. it feels a little threatened and i don't understand what is so threatening were dangerous about the churchgoer. it's a religious country in the religious world. it's a 198% of the world's population crazy as really out of
islamic in our short discussion we talk about religion. what do you say to people that think republicans are fundamental christians that are out of touch in society? >> being a graduate student in religious studies i have a lot to say about that in this book and we find the most offensive characterization of republicans or any group of people to call christians or the christian right fanatics or extremists. i think that we go through a lot of statistics about how christian republicans...
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just like a religion. olital position, it's a worldview every bit as expensive as the one entice her place. it functions just like they religion. in our case and establish religion with its own specific dogmas and doctrines and that is its own foundational belief unquestionable and teachings that follow upon him. and that is the origin of political correctness, by the way. therefore it satisfies what scholars call a functionalist definition. we can talk about this in regards to typical beliefs. what is the typical beliefs of liberalism and you will see how extensive it is. liberals tend to be secular minded if not atheistic. they tend to have a predictable array of moral positions and this comes from the liberation agenda and the quality and interchangeability of homosexual gay marriage, the right to abortion, perhaps even you have euthanasia, that is from life to death. liberals also favor big government and declare it should be secular and secularized. they mean by this that it should hold the basic worl
just like a religion. olital position, it's a worldview every bit as expensive as the one entice her place. it functions just like they religion. in our case and establish religion with its own specific dogmas and doctrines and that is its own foundational belief unquestionable and teachings that follow upon him. and that is the origin of political correctness, by the way. therefore it satisfies what scholars call a functionalist definition. we can talk about this in regards to typical beliefs....
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imagine that today, to be a follower of the yoruba religion is to earn the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria. christians also earned the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria and christians respond in kind and set upon the muslim community. but the level of intolerance based on ignorance has enriched such -- european papers any time in nigeria find out the church has been burned down, worshipers are machine guns, the mosque has been burned down, bombed out of existence because even within the muslim religion there are different degrees of purity. once i consider the other side not sufficiently pure and therefore deserving censorship, the nigerian situation is more complicated as in other societies. there's never one single issue that needs to this total stabilization of society. >> you can watch this and other programs online at booktv.org. .. >> thank you, amanda. um, okay. i wrote a little something here, and i can get my glasses on and read it -- oh, and i've also got it, wait a minute, it's in the kindle. so let's see if i can read it in the kindle. but it's this li
imagine that today, to be a follower of the yoruba religion is to earn the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria. christians also earned the death sentence in certain parts of nigeria and christians respond in kind and set upon the muslim community. but the level of intolerance based on ignorance has enriched such -- european papers any time in nigeria find out the church has been burned down, worshipers are machine guns, the mosque has been burned down, bombed out of existence because...
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i had more than one teacher whose religion was elliot's four quartets. and we learned attitude from yates and from the greek anthology. we wanted to come proud, open-eyed and laughing to the tomb. and i loved this epitaph of an ancient greek sailor. it's in a greek anthology translation by dudley fitz, wonderful teacher. tomorrow the wind will have fallen, tomorrow i will be safe in harbor, tomorrow, i said, and death spoke in that little word. o stranger, this is the nemesis of the spoken word, bite back the daring tongue that would say tomorrow. we marveled at keats' ability to imagine what it would feel like to be a billiard ball rolling across a smooth table. we hungered for lives that had the emotional range of shakespeare's sonnets. and if we were going to be saved, we knew it would be by literature. and it was the french historian jules membership lay who put it best for me as i tried in my mid 40s to turn to biography, to life writing. history, he said -- and you could think that he meant to include biography and fiction -- history, he said, is n
i had more than one teacher whose religion was elliot's four quartets. and we learned attitude from yates and from the greek anthology. we wanted to come proud, open-eyed and laughing to the tomb. and i loved this epitaph of an ancient greek sailor. it's in a greek anthology translation by dudley fitz, wonderful teacher. tomorrow the wind will have fallen, tomorrow i will be safe in harbor, tomorrow, i said, and death spoke in that little word. o stranger, this is the nemesis of the spoken...
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with acclaimed historians, philosophers, literary critics and more to talk politics, war, history, religion, and culture. watch these interviews every sunday at 6 p.m.. we start with ac grayling, a professor of philosophy at college of humanities in london is the author of 30 non-fiction books, most recent, "the good book," and "the god argument." >> host: you're watching booktv on c-span2, and booktv is in london interviewing some authors, and joining us now is professor ac grayling, author of 30 books, most recent called "the god argument,," and in that book, you write the burdens of religion are both social and political. what do you mean by that? >> guest: well, we need to look really across the landscape of history to see how devicive, how many conflicts, how
with acclaimed historians, philosophers, literary critics and more to talk politics, war, history, religion, and culture. watch these interviews every sunday at 6 p.m.. we start with ac grayling, a professor of philosophy at college of humanities in london is the author of 30 non-fiction books, most recent, "the good book," and "the god argument." >> host: you're watching booktv on c-span2, and booktv is in london interviewing some authors, and joining us now is...
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deeper life experience-what i call world views, that really shape our more specific beliefs both in religion and in politics. so, i'm not going to do too much of this but i want to show you one of the charts. i don't try in this back to make an elaborate case for everything i say. i try paint a blood landscape why the population and congress is for alreadyized and why that it that leads to congressional gridlock. let me do this first. this chart has been called sort of the essential chart for understanding the consequences that our budget conundrum. it shows in may 2011 -- doesn't by the senate for budget policies and priorities based on cbo numbers. this shows the parts of the annual deficits that are due to the wars in iraq and afghanistan, and the bush era tax cuts, recovery measures -- that means primarily the bush stimulus and the obama stimulus programs -- t.a.r.p., fannie and freddie, and the economic downturn. in the book these -- this isn't in color but you can make it out. you sook see from where we are today in 2013, at the time this was put together, the single biggest factor in
deeper life experience-what i call world views, that really shape our more specific beliefs both in religion and in politics. so, i'm not going to do too much of this but i want to show you one of the charts. i don't try in this back to make an elaborate case for everything i say. i try paint a blood landscape why the population and congress is for alreadyized and why that it that leads to congressional gridlock. let me do this first. this chart has been called sort of the essential chart for...
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he didn't wear his religion on the 0 sleeve. he didn't even attend the worship services or the bible studies i conducted on the ship. after two days of wandering around the ship, he had a captain's call. when the new commanding office defines reality for the ship. and one of the things he cede, quoting george washington was that there would be no profanity aboard his ship. i was startled. no profanity according to george washington who said something about that needing to use profanity was an indication of a limited inte elect. there it was. i honestly believed there was no way that the executive officer would be able to speak standard english. there was no way. the end of his career. there was absolutely no way he would be able to obey the order. there was an order that was too much for him. i never heard him speak more than a sentence or two without using profanity. but, miracle of miracles, all of a sudden the language on that ship was clean and it was amazing the difference it made. the individual was able to inject the ethi
he didn't wear his religion on the 0 sleeve. he didn't even attend the worship services or the bible studies i conducted on the ship. after two days of wandering around the ship, he had a captain's call. when the new commanding office defines reality for the ship. and one of the things he cede, quoting george washington was that there would be no profanity aboard his ship. i was startled. no profanity according to george washington who said something about that needing to use profanity was an...
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say the criteria were not just race but race, color, religion, nationality, political opinion, you take any one of those and set a we are going to select our people from this category by agenda or by religion or by nationality or by political opinion and we are going to take all those people we can find and we are going to enslave them. for 246 years, and followed that with legally enforced period of peonage in which you work for nothing which is slavery by another name and then follow that by legal segregation and then take away their names and then rename their group so they are no longer africans but they become some strange, august, label, negros, whatever that is, wherever that came from they will be known by that and so they lose all their tradition, all of their mores, all that the yeses and nos about what to do and how we do things, from the dawn of time and they don't know themselves anymore, doesn't make any difference whether they are black or not. cakes is full flower, do that to him. and see where his descendants fall after 2-1/2 centuries. it has nothing to do with any par
say the criteria were not just race but race, color, religion, nationality, political opinion, you take any one of those and set a we are going to select our people from this category by agenda or by religion or by nationality or by political opinion and we are going to take all those people we can find and we are going to enslave them. for 246 years, and followed that with legally enforced period of peonage in which you work for nothing which is slavery by another name and then follow that by...
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so the thing is that islam is a religion of peace, is a religion of humanity, is a religion of brotherhood. the taliban only know about jihad and about fighting, they haven't heard of carron yet. they haven't studied it yet. [applause] >> is interesting because i think that people i think sometimes people on our side of the world are not sure how they're supposed to feel about the taliban in that they hate what they do, but sometimes they feel that they are part of the culture, say, almost like a political party with very extreme views and they're not sure if they're allowed to have an opinion about it. my question is, it's almost as if they feel well, this is the culture. it's not our business. can you speak to that? [inaudible] >> i think there's are some people are not sure if they're allowed to criticize the taliban, if they are allowed to feel its wrong. does that make sense? because they feel that well, need we don't agree but if it's part of the culture then, who are we to understand and have opinions about the? >> i understand, but i would like to tell everyone that the taliban, th
so the thing is that islam is a religion of peace, is a religion of humanity, is a religion of brotherhood. the taliban only know about jihad and about fighting, they haven't heard of carron yet. they haven't studied it yet. [applause] >> is interesting because i think that people i think sometimes people on our side of the world are not sure how they're supposed to feel about the taliban in that they hate what they do, but sometimes they feel that they are part of the culture, say,...
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. >> western university religion professor peter gottschalk argues that religious persecution in america has a prevalence since the mid-1800s even committed by the very government that is supposed to protect us from persecution. sunday night at nine on "after words," part of the booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> our holiday week presentation of booktv in prime time continues tonight starting at 8 p.m. eastern. >> next, a look at u.s. relations with saudi arabia and the effect of a possible nuclear deal with iran and syria's civil war. from the hudson institute, this is 90 minutes. >> good morning, thank you for being here. we are going to go for about an hour and a half. we're going to speak for about 45 minutes to one hour and then we'll open it up for questions and answers. so thank you again for coming hudson and thank you to our c-span audience, and thank you for this wonderful panel with elliott abrams and brian. elliott was a definite security advisor for global democracy strategy during the george w. bush administration. is currently senior fellow for middle eastern studies at th
. >> western university religion professor peter gottschalk argues that religious persecution in america has a prevalence since the mid-1800s even committed by the very government that is supposed to protect us from persecution. sunday night at nine on "after words," part of the booktv this weekend on c-span2. >> our holiday week presentation of booktv in prime time continues tonight starting at 8 p.m. eastern. >> next, a look at u.s. relations with saudi arabia and...
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is as pitchman for their new religion. celebrities did come to the church. they built a celebrity center. celebrities would feel at home there. in some of the early people that came into the church, rock cut and past through. apparently he got very upset when he was in the middle of an auditing session and they needed to put more money in the parking reader and they wouldn't let them out of the room. they stormed out and never came back. gloria swanson, who was the sort of faded movie star of silent movies. you know, later people like leonard cohen and even elvis presley made a stop. he didn't stay in the church. his widow and daughter at the prominent members. the idea was that celebrities are useful. they become megaphone for advertising the church and its benefits. and if you look at the people that have been their spokespeople, like john travolta and tom cruise, each of these guys at one time as the number one movie star in the world. that's a very powerful lure to young people who have gone to hollywood and are solicited by the church to come to celebri
is as pitchman for their new religion. celebrities did come to the church. they built a celebrity center. celebrities would feel at home there. in some of the early people that came into the church, rock cut and past through. apparently he got very upset when he was in the middle of an auditing session and they needed to put more money in the parking reader and they wouldn't let them out of the room. they stormed out and never came back. gloria swanson, who was the sort of faded movie star of...
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what kind of distortion of a religion that once you kill a young girl? >> in her young life, she insisted on exposing the fire lines of daylight and as seen by the taliban it was to believe in enlightenment and believe that out of darkness can grow and overcome ignorance. americans are seen by pakistanis. we are seen as invaders and we will not in a thousand years bring enlightenment to pakistan. only pakistan can do that. when they began to police pakistan better, when girls who long for freedom and education are increased rather than gun down, then we will begin to make progress. my heart breaks for her and her family and all of those who suffered under violent oppression. it breaks for those who cannot grow up to be poets and teachers and those who cannot speak without being gunned down by extremists. i can only hope that the violence done to her will motivate those who believe in islam and peace and tolerance to stand up unanimously and proclaim that this violence does not represent them. it cannot represent a religion and that this reform has to com
what kind of distortion of a religion that once you kill a young girl? >> in her young life, she insisted on exposing the fire lines of daylight and as seen by the taliban it was to believe in enlightenment and believe that out of darkness can grow and overcome ignorance. americans are seen by pakistanis. we are seen as invaders and we will not in a thousand years bring enlightenment to pakistan. only pakistan can do that. when they began to police pakistan better, when girls who long for...
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and you were never afraid to use that word and that a idea, managing to recognize islam as a great religion while at the same time seeing no contradiction in denouncing, opposing and rallying the nation to fight the perverted branch of islam which attacked us so wantonly on 9/11. i wrote at the time and i believe to this day that history will treat you like harry truman, recognizing the depths of your achievement in creating the very infrastructure that will carry us through i this war on barbarism. we're already seeing this today in a kind of backhanded tribute to you as those who so criticized you during those eight years, the very people who did criticize you in those eight years, when they came to power, they adopted the very same tools that you bequeathed to them and that you and your administration had created ex nihilo in a moment of national confusion and danger. just as truman did in his day, providing the infrastructure, the tools and the institutions that carried us through the cold war in those days and will carry us through this war. in this generation. and if i can just repeat
and you were never afraid to use that word and that a idea, managing to recognize islam as a great religion while at the same time seeing no contradiction in denouncing, opposing and rallying the nation to fight the perverted branch of islam which attacked us so wantonly on 9/11. i wrote at the time and i believe to this day that history will treat you like harry truman, recognizing the depths of your achievement in creating the very infrastructure that will carry us through i this war on...
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freedom of religion, state sovereignty, the rate to bear arms. these other words are so powerful in the last constitution that people are willing to kill for them. if we could get our hands on his words, we would finally be able to read the words we do have. original intent, original meaning, original understanding. whatever you call this idea, it is worth asking why it is so important in the international dialogue. there is a history here. it is particularly american. we the people for the past 200 or 300 years have been a more intense relationship with the christian bible than probably any other people in history. that biblical tradition is where the idea of original intent as something that can be discerned and known originated it self. christians have been reading the bible for nearly 2000 years, but there've been many ways of reading it. throughout christian history, somehow threaded as an allegory of divine love. some said that it was a set of parables, that they were to teach us how to live by reading these stories. others said it was what
freedom of religion, state sovereignty, the rate to bear arms. these other words are so powerful in the last constitution that people are willing to kill for them. if we could get our hands on his words, we would finally be able to read the words we do have. original intent, original meaning, original understanding. whatever you call this idea, it is worth asking why it is so important in the international dialogue. there is a history here. it is particularly american. we the people for the...
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he's the author of eight books, the most recent "public matters: politics, policy and religion in the 21st century." published in 2005. and then we will hear from mona charen who is a nationally-syndicated columnist, a journalist and political analyst. following the pattern here, she worked in the white house as a speech writer for nancy reagan during nancy reagan's husband's administration. and a political campaign working for jack kemp in his presidential quest in 1988. her most recent book -- and i want to mention that mona's most recent book is called "do-gooders: how liberals hurt those they claim to help," and jonah's most be recent book is "how liberals cheat in the war of ideas," but i want to make it clear mona and jonah exempt bill galston -- [laughter] just to try to maintain a comity among our panelists. but our subject today is not partisan, it is far more elevated. we will begin with our author, tevi troy, and then proceed through the three presentations, and then we'll have some discussion up here and open it up to everybody in the room. thank you very much. tevi, the o
he's the author of eight books, the most recent "public matters: politics, policy and religion in the 21st century." published in 2005. and then we will hear from mona charen who is a nationally-syndicated columnist, a journalist and political analyst. following the pattern here, she worked in the white house as a speech writer for nancy reagan during nancy reagan's husband's administration. and a political campaign working for jack kemp in his presidential quest in 1988. her most...
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religions? we will, what she stated was, "very sensitive to the state of the economy and to the impacts of e.p.a. regulations on jobs." and then, "if confirmed, i would continue to work had ard to seek opportunities to find more cost-effective approaches to protecting human health in the environment. requestings "this administration has pummeled coal country, power plants, manufacturing, and small businesses for four years, pursuing their preferred version of a clean energy future. since 2509, unemployment has remained stagnant. nearly 10% of our coal energy capacity is gone. not once has ms. mccarthy approached congress for flexibility in implementing her own rules. i see no reason why that would happen in the future. i would like to commend e.p.w. rank member senator vitter for leading our effort to secure information from the nominee. i signed the letter along with senator vitter and other members of the e.p.w. committee seeking access to the scientific data and the reasoning behind the justi
religions? we will, what she stated was, "very sensitive to the state of the economy and to the impacts of e.p.a. regulations on jobs." and then, "if confirmed, i would continue to work had ard to seek opportunities to find more cost-effective approaches to protecting human health in the environment. requestings "this administration has pummeled coal country, power plants, manufacturing, and small businesses for four years, pursuing their preferred version of a clean energy...
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>> yeah, i have data on religion of the nominees. it -- there were some things that were going on, but i'm not really sure that it was something systematic, so, like, mormons tend to take a long time to get confirmed. jews tend to take relatively short time to get there, and mormons, i think, part of that was in that there were not a lot of them there exiered to the other religious groups, and there were a couple cases where you had a democratic president nominate a democrat mormon, and with republican senate, and they really had others support them. >> does the data suggest they are political responsive, american volters demanding the battles happen, or is this springing from the mind of the individual senator, judicial or governed philosophies? >> right. there's a loath of other research, and i think politicians represent their case. if you're a lawyer, i mentioned why you object to certain people on the jury. you wouldn't have a talk radio show host on the jury pool; right? he's per persuasive. that's the job, smart compared # to
>> yeah, i have data on religion of the nominees. it -- there were some things that were going on, but i'm not really sure that it was something systematic, so, like, mormons tend to take a long time to get confirmed. jews tend to take relatively short time to get there, and mormons, i think, part of that was in that there were not a lot of them there exiered to the other religious groups, and there were a couple cases where you had a democratic president nominate a democrat mormon, and...
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number one, i want religion out of the party. i have a religion. that's my business. i have a political party. that's the political parties business. number two, women's issues. i don't personally believe in abortion, but i don't believe i have the rights tell my neighbor what they should do. i think the republican party needs to get out of people's bedrooms and back into the boardrooms. number three, the middle-class tax hikes their break-in instituted. we never recovered from that. to my city unions. all things that had middle-class workers. ending tax like state sales tax, all of these things it is strictly, so i know when it happened. it was in the reagan years. >> host: thanks, caller. >> guest: >> guest: a few republican come you a liberal one. undertake the supporters. she says she wants religion out of politics. i wonder she would've felt that way about the civil rights movement because it is actually martin luther king was not only a top her. he was also the reverend dr. martin luther king. the power of civil rights argument with your minutes human dignity an
number one, i want religion out of the party. i have a religion. that's my business. i have a political party. that's the political parties business. number two, women's issues. i don't personally believe in abortion, but i don't believe i have the rights tell my neighbor what they should do. i think the republican party needs to get out of people's bedrooms and back into the boardrooms. number three, the middle-class tax hikes their break-in instituted. we never recovered from that. to my city...
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. >> what role does religion play? it seems to be important in who is going to have children and who is not, but it's in the sense of belief that in attendance the church services or other participation. can you talk about that a little bit? >> it is a fascinating subject because it has changed. if you go back and look at the national statistics report the demographers back then looked at the catholics and protestants and as it happens. over the years conflict fertility increase and demographers said this was the end of catholic fertility. they were no longer special but instead something much more interesting happened. it no longer mattered what your actual belief was to the matter if you were jewish or more men are catholic or protestant. all the matter is how often you attended your services and so there's a straight line between the increased fertility etc. so if you go once every two months your fertility is higher than if you go not at all and if you go once a month it is higher still. if you go once a week it is
. >> what role does religion play? it seems to be important in who is going to have children and who is not, but it's in the sense of belief that in attendance the church services or other participation. can you talk about that a little bit? >> it is a fascinating subject because it has changed. if you go back and look at the national statistics report the demographers back then looked at the catholics and protestants and as it happens. over the years conflict fertility increase and...
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he's the author of eight books, the most recent "public matters: politics, policy and religion in the 21st century." published in 2005. and then we will hear from mona charen who is a nationally-syndicated columnist, a journalist and political analyst. following the pattern here, she worked in the white house as a speech writer for nancy reagan during nancy reagan's husband's administration. and a political campaign working for jack kemp in his presidential quest in 1988. her most recent book -- and i want to mention that mona's most recent book is called "do-gooders: how liberals hurt those they claim to help," and jonah's most be recent book is "how liberals cheat in the war of ideas," but i want to make it clear mona and jonah exempt bill galston -- [laughter] just to try to maintain a comity among our panelists. but our subject today is not partisan, it is far more elevated. we will begin with our author, tevi troy, and then proceed through the three presentations, and then we'll have some discussion up here and open it up to everybody in the room. thank you very much. tevi, the o
he's the author of eight books, the most recent "public matters: politics, policy and religion in the 21st century." published in 2005. and then we will hear from mona charen who is a nationally-syndicated columnist, a journalist and political analyst. following the pattern here, she worked in the white house as a speech writer for nancy reagan during nancy reagan's husband's administration. and a political campaign working for jack kemp in his presidential quest in 1988. her most...
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recognizing islam as a great religion but see no contradiction one dash contradiction to rally the nation to fight the perverted bridge that attacked us on 9/11. i wrote at the time and i believe to this day in bet with the infrastructure that will carry us through this war. it is a backhanded tribute. to the very people that did criticize but they adopted the very same tools as you decrease to them they your administration had created just as truman did to provide the infrastructure, the tools and the institutions that carry us through the cold war and will carry us through in this generation and if i could just repeats i spoke to my wife earlier today she asked me to convey her admiration and respect for what you did for our country, this readiness of your voice and your determination to see things through even when you were nearly alone. i am supposed to be selling books but i had to say that first. [applause] >> especially the white part. otherwise i will sleep on the couch to night. [laughter] the book is called things that matter and it is very good. you should buy a lot of copies e
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brigham young also grew up rudderless in terms of religion. c-span some time as a young adult dabbling with methodism. then 1830 he came across the book of mormon after missionaries' gave a copy to one of his brothers. brigham young read it but he didn't know at first what to make of the gold bible as it was then called. brigham young was a deliberate man who didn't want to be pushed into anything so he spent two years thinking about this new book, this new church, this new religion. and 1832 he saw a group of mormon missionaries speak in an unknown spiritual tons. for brigham young this was a clear display of god's power, a sign that the church of the new testament was being restored along with most of his relatives, young was baptized and immediately he became a missionary for his new face. brigham young was a fiercely independent man, didn't want the other apostles to interfere with him once he became a church's leader. but he departed from that fierce independence when it came to the mormon prophet joseph smith. being smith's disciple mean
brigham young also grew up rudderless in terms of religion. c-span some time as a young adult dabbling with methodism. then 1830 he came across the book of mormon after missionaries' gave a copy to one of his brothers. brigham young read it but he didn't know at first what to make of the gold bible as it was then called. brigham young was a deliberate man who didn't want to be pushed into anything so he spent two years thinking about this new book, this new church, this new religion. and 1832...
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including the hamas document, in the palestinian complement, basically says the jewish people have religion and do not deserve their own country do you think this is remotely possible? >> we should separate the arabs from islam. you see in more modern governments winning elections in indonesia, bangladesh, that recently happened in the middle east. depends on what you mean by peace and what you mean by reconciliation. if we have a real peace that after centuries of war, germany and france have, i don't see that happening this. it will take centuries it seems to me. the absence of war, even if there are rivalries and bad feelings, the critical fang, is really strengthened american strength, it is obvious to the arabs, a great friend of the israelis or israel is the united states all the you have to say right now, canada build larger army. see if they come to believe the american commitment to israel that israel is actually there forever they will adjust. 2002, the saudi and crown prince peace plan in which he pretty much offers peace with israel in terms that are unacceptable but the end res
including the hamas document, in the palestinian complement, basically says the jewish people have religion and do not deserve their own country do you think this is remotely possible? >> we should separate the arabs from islam. you see in more modern governments winning elections in indonesia, bangladesh, that recently happened in the middle east. depends on what you mean by peace and what you mean by reconciliation. if we have a real peace that after centuries of war, germany and france...
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it is one of the fastest going religions seen as an american religion. and i don't know if that will happen in scientology. >> lawrence wright is our guest the book is "going clear." we have a call from west virginia. >> caller: hello. earlier today he spoke in a presentation with some members and suggested that quite a few of us that have talked about this, primarily tom cruise. and perhaps they could bring this to bear on the hierarchy. but i'm wondering of the approval of these leaders to maintain their high profiles in hollywood. and what does not harm their careers? >> thank you, that's a really good question. i want to mention this and these are people that have joined the church and become a part of the clergy and oftentimes as very young children and people. and a sinus for a billion years of service with the idea that life is infinite and so it's not too much to ask. they are paid $50 per week and there is a core benefit of this labor on a number of occasions. they handcrafted a limousine for him and it is the most prized possession. nobody in t
it is one of the fastest going religions seen as an american religion. and i don't know if that will happen in scientology. >> lawrence wright is our guest the book is "going clear." we have a call from west virginia. >> caller: hello. earlier today he spoke in a presentation with some members and suggested that quite a few of us that have talked about this, primarily tom cruise. and perhaps they could bring this to bear on the hierarchy. but i'm wondering of the approval...
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of course, in tennessee like the rest of the south, religion permeates every aspect of life. even our chicken sandwiches. and for you northerners, that the scene from the chick-fil-a logo. i just thought i might have to relate that. so i think you can see why i as an editorial cartoonist and so taken with chattanooga. but you might be wondering how chattanooga has taken many. well, i haven't been at the paper all that long but i think the readers are starting to warm up to me. but that's only if her definition includes the words loathing and contempt it even though my readers may not gain a lot of respect, if my mail is in the indication, at least they are paying attention. i will show you what i mean. i brought some files here. i brought this file of hate mail, this is from the last several months. it's a bunch of cards, letters from people ranging from those who really hit me to those who really, really hate me. now, my favorite of all of the ones where the clip my cartoons out of the paper and they scrawled a message or messages all over it your now, it's kind of the unabo
of course, in tennessee like the rest of the south, religion permeates every aspect of life. even our chicken sandwiches. and for you northerners, that the scene from the chick-fil-a logo. i just thought i might have to relate that. so i think you can see why i as an editorial cartoonist and so taken with chattanooga. but you might be wondering how chattanooga has taken many. well, i haven't been at the paper all that long but i think the readers are starting to warm up to me. but that's only...
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my grandfather more than any religion, my grandfather would recite the declaration of independence, the preamble and the gettysburg address to his kids and we came to believe those things as the most important thing, believed in the principles of the united states, justice and the rule of law. i believed what ronald reagan said. much more than welfare or power, values are the greatest strength in the world. i do believe morris davis and andy worthington said, they matter when they are tested, you got to do it and i also believe, i might screwed up, dante's saying that the worst places in hell are reserved for those who stand silent in the case of injustice. [applause] >> open it up to questions if you could identify yourself and ask a question and wait for the microphone. >> you spoke a little bit about roadblocks from congress. can anyone in the panel talk about specific ones that were just renewed or past and what impact that will have? >> we were talking before we came in. this is becoming a new year's eve tradition. congress passes the national defense authorization act, the last co
my grandfather more than any religion, my grandfather would recite the declaration of independence, the preamble and the gettysburg address to his kids and we came to believe those things as the most important thing, believed in the principles of the united states, justice and the rule of law. i believed what ronald reagan said. much more than welfare or power, values are the greatest strength in the world. i do believe morris davis and andy worthington said, they matter when they are tested,...
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if you believe that with religion it is the short step to geopolitics that you believe government and political movements are good or evil. has an american you cannot sit home to watch the conflict unfold a and must go out to be sure good triumphs over evil. this is from the world to people hold in many other cultures. in much of the of world people grow up with the idea all individuals are made up of good ian evil impulses coming depending on circumstances. of the world was divided pitcher in the forces of light or darkness, this is one of the key forces that shaped at the very pinnacle of the american elite growing up in the town of watertown york near lake ontario the playground for the rich the father was the pastor there, every morning in december they would get up early to take a cold shower the only kind their father ever permitted. say their prayers with their father's guidance and seeing some hymns then they were free to rush down to the shores of the lake where the two beloved older relatives were we team to take them out on the boats to catch the bass. these were the domina
if you believe that with religion it is the short step to geopolitics that you believe government and political movements are good or evil. has an american you cannot sit home to watch the conflict unfold a and must go out to be sure good triumphs over evil. this is from the world to people hold in many other cultures. in much of the of world people grow up with the idea all individuals are made up of good ian evil impulses coming depending on circumstances. of the world was divided pitcher in...
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recognizing islam as a great religion but see no contradiction one dash contradiction to rally the nation to fight the perverted bridge that attacked us on 9/11. i wrote at the time and i believe to this day in bet with the infrastructure that will carry us through this war. it is a backhanded tribute. to the very people that did criticize but they adopted the very same tools as you decrease to them they your administration had created just as truman did to provide the infrastructure, the tools and the institutions that carry us through the cold war and will carry us through in this generation and if i could just repeats i spoke to my wife earlier today she asked me to convey her admiration and respect for what you did for our country, this readiness of your voice and your determination to see things through even when you were nearly alone. i am supposed to be selling books but i had to say that first. [applause] >> especially the white part. otherwise i will sleep on the couch to night. [laughter] the book is called things that matter and it is very good. you should buy a lot of copies e
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didn't know him, a loss of hope and as for being a roman catholic which isn't as politically correct religion in that era were kennedy told the presbyterian ministers at a houston meeting where catholicism was at stake he said when my brother got in during world war ii and flew his last an official mission over the english channel no one asked him what his religion was. lyndon johnson was a great president on domestic issues. he did usher in the great society. in its first two years in the highest office of the land he got through medicare which the truman first proposed the civil rights act, voting rights for blacks for the first time in the south where they didn't have to pay the tax or the u.s. constitution to get to register to vote. federal aid to education at all levels starting from head start to college. public housing who, national parks, in the environmental law, you name it but of course of vietnam and like most presidents, john same did have a stable of speechwriters. once he asked about uncertain speech to be prepared and the speechwriter brought him the first draft and they look
didn't know him, a loss of hope and as for being a roman catholic which isn't as politically correct religion in that era were kennedy told the presbyterian ministers at a houston meeting where catholicism was at stake he said when my brother got in during world war ii and flew his last an official mission over the english channel no one asked him what his religion was. lyndon johnson was a great president on domestic issues. he did usher in the great society. in its first two years in the...
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there are a lot of religions. the left turned against religion . it will pass the movement inspiration in the dr. king magnificent formula of equal votes, 1 foot in the scripture, 1 foot in the constitution. the next thing you know, returning against the spiritual base of democracy. we must remember the civil war with the century. that was grilling of manila. my textbooks of the civil war had nothing to do with slavery. to this the their textbooks in history have referred to the political movements that overthrew the lincoln government after the civil war and restored boys of permissiveness of and pair of the way for server edition. the text which refer to the move and as the redeemer. the retainers faugh terrorism as much as the terrorism the play is a world where so attuned to when it is not. grace has the power of turning your whole sense of perception of side down. the odds of internal politics of saddam. one of the chapters, but to together by 1964. yet the democratic convention and republican convention. the republicans with a party of lincol
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my father felt that organized religion was partly a scam. my father thought there was something wrong about the man in the south who was the pastor during the great depression having the biggest house, driving the nicest car, wearing the nicest clothing. he thought the person who's a man of god should be poor and should be wearing holy clothes and should not be sporting around in the sunday best. he said there was something inherently wrong about that. he also, when he came home, my dad said his mother and the neighbors would be gossipping about what was going on in church. so my father thought going to church was a big dress-up thing, a big thing to gossip, who's doing what, who's sleeping with whom. and my father thought it had very little to do with god, so he worshiped himself. he would often watch televangelists on tv and would read the bible, but my father felt that organized church was a ripoff. i'm not saying i agree with him, my mother certainly didn't, but it was one of the differences they had. >> host: you also say your parents n
my father felt that organized religion was partly a scam. my father thought there was something wrong about the man in the south who was the pastor during the great depression having the biggest house, driving the nicest car, wearing the nicest clothing. he thought the person who's a man of god should be poor and should be wearing holy clothes and should not be sporting around in the sunday best. he said there was something inherently wrong about that. he also, when he came home, my dad said...
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in the world, prominent religion in the rotation site, establish religion in the world. that doesn't mean for a lot of women that their religious participation and whatever is their local church, synagogue or temple or a doesn't give them a sense of security and often times, really than male leadership of those organizations are perfectly aware that women's sense of security coming from a particular faith in the process of the faith is one other thing sustaining the the religious organization. it has put many religious organizations in conflict with each other because on the one hand, they absolutely depend on women as participants. who turns out that the temple, who turns out that the church, who turns up at the synagogue? at the same time as religious organization has been loads to allow women to wield influence in that religious organization. if you listen to indian feminists talk about nationalism , you will hear a lot of these concerns. if you listen to african american women talk about churches in the united states, you'll hear concerns. you will hear concerns from
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the other two are not part of any religion at all. what is happening is that first of all there has been one of the best political viewpoints on religion. if you ask people whether they think this is a very strong predictor, this was not true. thirty or 40 years ago, it had been a part of this overtime. the choices that people make about this, it is an indication of political view. we have polarization that is taking place every day. we can see this also in the field and we have journalists. we have americans who watch the news at work and they were not clearly differentiated by partisan viewpoints. now, of course, with cable television, people are watching news and separating themselves, fox, msnbc, and almighty did that same pattern here. this is a self-selection. one example of that the economy. an area that has been studied by economists. it includes those do their years. it is more likely to become major in the social sciences and we are more likely to have business or engineering and then over the course of college years. the on
the other two are not part of any religion at all. what is happening is that first of all there has been one of the best political viewpoints on religion. if you ask people whether they think this is a very strong predictor, this was not true. thirty or 40 years ago, it had been a part of this overtime. the choices that people make about this, it is an indication of political view. we have polarization that is taking place every day. we can see this also in the field and we have journalists. we...
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the land, especially one as complicated as this desert kingdom with all these different languages and religions and basically for the first 50 years, certainly the first several decades people in washington were saying but if we done here? would conquer this land, but we didn't understand it and became governor. we should give it all back to mexico. it's too hard to run this place. there is just so much violence, so much slavery and hostagetaking in some unfamiliar country that people in washington didn't know what to do with. so that's part 2. part 3 is about carson's role in the conquest of the navajo people in everything he did with that monster slayer and this is the final act of his long career and probably woody's best known for common disorders campaign that is added to non-country that resulted in the conquest from their beloved land in this great experiment that went on to force the navajos to become farmers and christians living in the reservation and on the border with texas. so that's a big outfit has been a parts and the remarkable thing is kit carson is the through line that makes
the land, especially one as complicated as this desert kingdom with all these different languages and religions and basically for the first 50 years, certainly the first several decades people in washington were saying but if we done here? would conquer this land, but we didn't understand it and became governor. we should give it all back to mexico. it's too hard to run this place. there is just so much violence, so much slavery and hostagetaking in some unfamiliar country that people in...
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religion was the stick used to regulate our behavior. the reverend could never count richard among his success stories. when it was time to put his head in the water with matter of debris, richard didn't comply. all the deacons in the church and his mother, the church secretary. they gave up and striping led water -- sprinkledded water in his direction and announced the formula that separated the saved from the unsaved, the bad from the good. afterwards, whenever the pastor ran into richard, he reminded him that he still had not been properly baptized. thank you very much. [applause] >> all right, brief reminders before the question and answer period. one, both books we heard about are for sale over at legislative plaza at the book sales area, some of the proceeds come back to the southern festival of books. both are back at the autograph session after we wrap up here today. the kind c-span folks asked me to ask those of you asking questions to use the microphone located in the back of the room there. questions? i'll is the first questio
religion was the stick used to regulate our behavior. the reverend could never count richard among his success stories. when it was time to put his head in the water with matter of debris, richard didn't comply. all the deacons in the church and his mother, the church secretary. they gave up and striping led water -- sprinkledded water in his direction and announced the formula that separated the saved from the unsaved, the bad from the good. afterwards, whenever the pastor ran into richard, he...
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the most powerful light the was the first one, there are a lot of other religions. the left turned against religion. when it was half of the movement's inspiration and half of dr. king's magnificent formula of = full and equal votes, one foot in the scriptures and one foot in the constitution and the next thing you know people are turning against the spiritual base of democracy. we misremembered the civil war for a century. i was growing up in atlanta, my textbooks said the civil war had nothing to do with slavery and we got a lot of sentimental gone with the wind and to this day there are text books in history that referred to the political movement that overthrew the reconstruction governments after the civil war and restored white supremacy in the south and paved the way for segregation, refer to -- textbooks refer to that as the redeemers. the redeemers redeemed the south. the religious word that in reality was accomplished by terror. terrorism as much as the terrorism that plagues the world we are so attuned to when it is not among us. so it turned, race has th
the most powerful light the was the first one, there are a lot of other religions. the left turned against religion. when it was half of the movement's inspiration and half of dr. king's magnificent formula of = full and equal votes, one foot in the scriptures and one foot in the constitution and the next thing you know people are turning against the spiritual base of democracy. we misremembered the civil war for a century. i was growing up in atlanta, my textbooks said the civil war had...
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if you look at a lot of world religions, they have a lot of dark side. if you actually think about it, it is torture. if you think about the demons in buddhism, there is a dark, dark side to a spiritual reality. the beginning is just that, that you begin to understand that i might be entering the dark side of something that we generally suspect young humans to do. the other thing that i have thought about is that whether or not it is a spiritual experience , i suspect it may be the dark side of the same coin, i can tell you here how similar it is. if you think about any of the world religions, they had four things in common. some are always aware of their own death. in combat, that is always over the shoulder. we are always focused upon the moment. there may be years of psychophysical exercises to get into a place that actually allows their minds to be in the moment. i guarantee you that during the moment, you are not taking fast. you are right there. the other thing that these things have in common is that they do try to include their egos for greater g
if you look at a lot of world religions, they have a lot of dark side. if you actually think about it, it is torture. if you think about the demons in buddhism, there is a dark, dark side to a spiritual reality. the beginning is just that, that you begin to understand that i might be entering the dark side of something that we generally suspect young humans to do. the other thing that i have thought about is that whether or not it is a spiritual experience , i suspect it may be the dark side of...
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here again the acid test will be center's handling of religion because in the punjab will be having their own comment. pti as i said may be amenable to cooperation to ensure some success, but ppp and mqm will have no such conventions in karachi. one negative factor for this election as these two major parties that is ppp and the nawar sharif have become provincial eyes. ppp reduced to support across the country. it now has the ruling and is limited to its own province. as far as pmln is concerned, again, if transferring from job job -- [inaudible] baluchistan is a mixed situation. as for institutional dust settles, there is to be no image crisis unless one is precipitated by no was to himself. the circumspect type of politics and also we have to -- we know that those in the army and judiciary will be by the end of the year. the third problem is of course the economy and of course mr. motson is going to focus on that. there are no quick fixes, but the important thing is a serious weakening has to be made. and energy, systemic outcomes to dwell on. but it can be better managed than we have
here again the acid test will be center's handling of religion because in the punjab will be having their own comment. pti as i said may be amenable to cooperation to ensure some success, but ppp and mqm will have no such conventions in karachi. one negative factor for this election as these two major parties that is ppp and the nawar sharif have become provincial eyes. ppp reduced to support across the country. it now has the ruling and is limited to its own province. as far as pmln is...
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member states now are finding a way to help and i am happy to present this includes the group from the religion of islam. this is the only thing that i wanted to take the opportunity to talk about. the true islam is not terrorist activity. it is beyond all of this. it is promoting peace and this is at. >> before we close and we think the foreign minister. i would just remark that this has been an amazing session and we are really pleased by this. looking at the issues like the fact that you don't get to have a sustainable peace without addressing the causes, you're looking at education and climate change and poverty and etc. prevention starts at home. also what he has said about this, national partners in the united states stand ready to be of assistance. but it is so encouraging to see you taking such a strong governance and addressing this core cause. so this has been a pleasure for us to host you and we love the message that you sent and we absolutely agree we've got to learn because this is a problem in the united states as well that terrorism and islam are part of this and this is a lesson
member states now are finding a way to help and i am happy to present this includes the group from the religion of islam. this is the only thing that i wanted to take the opportunity to talk about. the true islam is not terrorist activity. it is beyond all of this. it is promoting peace and this is at. >> before we close and we think the foreign minister. i would just remark that this has been an amazing session and we are really pleased by this. looking at the issues like the fact that...
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when john kennedy was running his bill mentioned the attacks on his religion became really of paramount importance during the campaign. kennedy actually had to come to texas to face those charges and that is when the houston ministers did such a great job. it was wa criswell that was leading those attacks on kennedy. he gave a sermon where he said if kennedy is elected it will be the end of america as we know it wilma longer have religious freedom and one of criswell's parishoners was hl hunt who paid for 200,000 copies of that sermon to be printed and distributed to other ministers so these were people who were having a big impact on things. >> thanks. i have to say i'm a little bit concerned about the way he answered -- [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] the way he would have been exposed to extremism was essentially a kl r.d. the radio station. i wanted you, i wondered what you thought about. >> that's a great question. oswalt considered himself a politically aware person and he did live in several places. he came back to dallas a couple of different times during the per
when john kennedy was running his bill mentioned the attacks on his religion became really of paramount importance during the campaign. kennedy actually had to come to texas to face those charges and that is when the houston ministers did such a great job. it was wa criswell that was leading those attacks on kennedy. he gave a sermon where he said if kennedy is elected it will be the end of america as we know it wilma longer have religious freedom and one of criswell's parishoners was hl hunt...
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the first time it was ever used in the distinction between race and religion and etc. so by giving it a name and it's starting to have its own life. i'm jumping ahead a little bit, but in 1934, roosevelt was going to give his annual address to congress. the president would give an address to the nation and to the congress. and it was called the state of the union. a lot of these terms were sort of created by presidents -- we think they are from day one. in fact, they are ones that have been added later. and again, some of them are just wonderful. just jumping to a couple, zachary taylor created the term first lady. he applied it to dolly madison but it was the first that anyone had ever used that term. the first lady of the land. benjamin harrison was jumping around a little bit and woodrow wilson had potomac fever, which was something that harry truman loved to quote. politics is adjourned was woodrow wilson, watchful waiting was very appropriate. first with his relationship with dictatorship in mexico, feeling that we should go in and intervene wilson said no, this i
the first time it was ever used in the distinction between race and religion and etc. so by giving it a name and it's starting to have its own life. i'm jumping ahead a little bit, but in 1934, roosevelt was going to give his annual address to congress. the president would give an address to the nation and to the congress. and it was called the state of the union. a lot of these terms were sort of created by presidents -- we think they are from day one. in fact, they are ones that have been...
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with the way to protect speech based on their race and religion. with every other democratic country even with those that we would all recognize to be democratic. the most of that comes from the united states because we protect but we have to understand that is part of it to have the first amendment but concerned enough to allow government even to make the decisions about to some degree the most dangerous speech. with the freedom of expression but then to be legally protected. >> host: what is the greatest challenge of the 21st century going forward? the social media? what do you think the greatest challenge is for the first amendment protection? >> what the answer the easy part first. because of the internet or new technology they're likely to have war speech in the more protection in some ways what of the great things about the internet where the rich people alrich corporation has a say on the internet. it does not cost anything and if it does to do this or do that we can keep the cost down it is great, great contribution to free expression in th
with the way to protect speech based on their race and religion. with every other democratic country even with those that we would all recognize to be democratic. the most of that comes from the united states because we protect but we have to understand that is part of it to have the first amendment but concerned enough to allow government even to make the decisions about to some degree the most dangerous speech. with the freedom of expression but then to be legally protected. >> host:...
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it sounds ridiculous to sit here in the year 2013 when this is the majority religion in the country, 51% i think the last poll showed our catholic. but at the time john f. kennedy ran, not even his church was behind him. and this is why the kennedys have always said the cardinals and bishops are republicans and the nuns are democrat. but joe kennedy was the 10th richest man in america at that time, and he still knew that no matter how much money he had, they wouldn't have that ultimate respectability until they broke through and put an irish catholic in office. and he was determined that one of his sons would become that. there wasn't that drive and the bush family. prescott bush was a moderate republican senator. his son, george herbert walker bush wanted to be like his father, and so he pursued politics. and then george w. bush. >> host: in the family, you write for those who study the fault line, the campaign of 1980 is instructive. because to dynastic sons chose to challenge their party's front runners and those two presumptive heirs base their candidacies solely on their sense o
it sounds ridiculous to sit here in the year 2013 when this is the majority religion in the country, 51% i think the last poll showed our catholic. but at the time john f. kennedy ran, not even his church was behind him. and this is why the kennedys have always said the cardinals and bishops are republicans and the nuns are democrat. but joe kennedy was the 10th richest man in america at that time, and he still knew that no matter how much money he had, they wouldn't have that ultimate...
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that is actually permitted under our constitution because we have freedom of religion and freedom of speech. so to have the secretary of state that does not recognize that and says he's going to go after that person, i find that reprehensible. i also find that she made a statement that secretary of state is going that is going to be u.s. policy to support those countries that supported homosexual rigi n't think that t should be the primary focus of our state department. the fact that the supreme court and the justice department did not defend the defense of marriage act allows this to go towards gay marriage, it is going to force oklahoma even though we had a constitutional amendment banning us, we are going to have to force them, the state of oklahoma and other states, to give back gay marriages and i would like for you to address those issues and those are very good issues. when it comes to benghazi, i certainly agree with you. we don't have any proof that this had anything to do with anything. actually we knew better. we knew the state department had been told by people under the
that is actually permitted under our constitution because we have freedom of religion and freedom of speech. so to have the secretary of state that does not recognize that and says he's going to go after that person, i find that reprehensible. i also find that she made a statement that secretary of state is going that is going to be u.s. policy to support those countries that supported homosexual rigi n't think that t should be the primary focus of our state department. the fact that the...